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scourge

English

  1. 🔊 a whip used to inflict punishment (often used for pedantic humor)
  2. 🔊 a person who inspires fear or dread
    “he was the terror of the neighborhood”
  3. 🔊 something causing misery or death
    “the bane of my life”
  4. 🔊 punish severely
  5. 🔊 whip
    “The religious fanatics flagellated themselves”
  6. 🔊 cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly
    “The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion”

Spanish

  1. 🔊 despojo scourge

Similar words

flagellum terror threat bane curse nemesis lay waste to waste devastate desolate ravage flagellate adversity afflict affliction ambulatory plague bane baste bastinado beat belabor belt birch black death